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Big petrol price jump imminent
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poneke wrote 1 day ago: When Shell, Mobil and Caltex followed BP on April 29 and raised their pump prices by 3c a litre, wor … more »
Snapper not snapping
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poneke wrote 2 days ago: My attempts to use the Snapper Card on the No 17 bus have come to nought so far. On Monday, when I w … more »
Scripted Robotic Customer Service Reps-We value your business
robertw477 wrote 5 days ago: I hear the following on a regular basis: “We value your business”. This is the robotic w … more »
Snapping good fun for bus geeks, if only I can get it going...
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poneke wrote 1 week ago: A new toy! The kind folk from Infratil have given me a Snapper card as part of the trial being run o … more »
BP (no longer) looking lonely with petrol at 188.9c
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poneke wrote 1 week ago: Updated 6.25pm On my way home tonight, I saw that my local Mobil station had matched the BP one oppo … more »
Updates: Saturday April 26
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poneke wrote 1 week ago: Supermarket petrol coupons 10c this weekend The petrol discount coupons at both the two big supermar … more »
Petrol heading for $2 a litre? Once there, it would be close to the all-time 1985 real-terms high
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poneke wrote 2 weeks ago: Perversely, one way to make petrol prices fall could be to suggest they are heading for $2 a litre. … more »
Fads in Finance
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Wil wrote 3 weeks ago: When I was growing up, my parents went to a generic store to buy clothes for us kids. We all got t … more »
Petrol jumps 3c to yet another record
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poneke wrote 3 weeks ago: When I saw this morning that world oil prices had reached $US 114 a barrel, I expected to see the pu … more »
NZ Post admits mistake over undelivered parcel
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poneke wrote 3 weeks ago: New Zealand Post has admitted it made a mistake when a postie left a card in my suburban Wellington … more »
More on Outsourcing & Customer Service in India
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honjii wrote 3 weeks ago: The other day a friend emailed the following joke: FINALLY, SOMEONE HAS CLEARED THIS UP FO … more »
Rant – has NZ Post stopped home delivery of small parcels?
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poneke wrote 3 weeks ago: Early last week I returned home from work to find a card from NZ Post in my letter box, saying a par … more »
Balancing the Scales a little
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Wil wrote 4 weeks ago: Sometimes, the level of stupidity in the world is crushing. How are young people expected to grow … more »
Petrol up 3c to another new record
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poneke wrote 1 month ago: Just for the record. Noted out the bus window on the way home tonight. Petrol up another 3c to anoth … more »
Morning Report gets oil price wrong by a factor of 10, phew
poneke wrote 1 month ago: I nearly threw my car keys in the rubbish this morning. In the market roundup just before the 7am ne … more »
Petrol up 2c to new record
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poneke wrote 1 month ago: Noticed out the bus window on the way home tonight: Petrol up 2c a litre, making it 179.9c for 91 Oc … more »
Should You Ditch Your Chemical Mattress?
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bobodod wrote 1 month ago: Source: Mother Jones, March 2008 Via: Organic Consumers Association Should You Ditch Your Chemical … more »
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, Right?
jtmccue wrote 1 month ago: In the 3/23 issue of The New York Times I read an article on negotiating the price on items other th … more »
Bad smells smell bad – Air fresheners may mutate your nethers
bobodod wrote 1 month ago: From the National Resources Defense Council: Common Air Fresheners Contain Chemicals That May … more »
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